Although, by propagating rumors and ideas that such agencies are terrible and useless, it can help influence other people not to take them seriously and thus let them operate more efficiently and suffer from less attacks. The unseen or underestimated enemy is the most effective after all.
Yeah, it's something you'd have to cross-reference, but the main use I see for it is the initial search for information. You ask a question, it gives some answers, then you type them into yahoo or something to look them up/verify what it said. This could be a huge help for things that one may not know a lot about.
He seems to forget that some people can afford those things for reasons beyond their control, or they're so over-priced anyways that people wouldn't normally buy them.
Bottom line, without pirating they'd be lucky to be making a quarter of that amount.
Actually, there's something similar to this in another level as well. If you take chunky to the level where you get ditty and have him go into the room that tiny opens, you can have him use his enlargement super-power. Then, if you jump directly at the entrance to the shell that Tiny goes into, you can fall through it. Other than wandering the level as the gigantic chunky, there's not too much benefit to it. It's fun though.
They're paying the government because they obfuscated the auto-subscription agreement in their contract.
Technically they have not violated their contract with the customers, which is why they're not required to return the money. Although, if they have any PR sense, they would repay their subscribers.
I don't know how to take this news....it looks to me like Russia is saying that it only uses Microsoft products, so they're taking legal action to get more...
But again, this still doesn't answer why I should switch to this new interface over the one I already use, especially when so many things are written to be windows-only. Yes, the Asus interface shouldn't be a hard interface to work with. Neither is ubuntu. The problem is that I still have to take time to figure out how things work, no matter how subtle the difference, when I can just stick with the system I currently have that works just fine and runs more programs than any other system.
Remember we are only talking about email, web, messenger. That is it. That's all most people use.
I'm sorry, but I have to disagree here with two words: Microsoft Office. Although a simple interface is great, this still doesn't answer why I, as the hypothetical M$ user, should switch from the OS I'm use to to this one. Yes, there are alternatives to Office, but that would require me to 1) learn about them, and 2) learn them. We're talking about the people who are already use to windows, not people who are brand-new to computers.
Let me try the approach that has been given to me:
Ok, so why should I use it? Windows does exactly what I need it to when I need it to, why should I switch to another operating system? Will it run all the programs that I need it to? I like Microsoft, and don't think they're a monopoly nor that they're evil.
Yes, but you're assuming that people are willing to take the time to learn a new system. Windows is tailored for lazy people, just open it and go. And, because it's the first thing so many people were introduced too, it's what they're use to seeing and know how to work with. It's analogous to changing how a car works. Windows would be the basic set-up: stick-shift, steering wheel, gas and break petals, and so on. With Linux, the car would have things like: buttons for stop and go, virtual steering and navigating, and so on. It's not that these things wouldn't work better and be cooler, it's just that they're so different most people don't want to learn how to use them.
Also OS is very different from a browser. Although the browsers may be a bit different, they really only deal with one thing in one way. I don't really need to pay much attention to what browser I'm using to surf the internet. But with an OS, I have to use it for everything. They basic menu layout is different across every browser, I can only use certain programs and on certain os's, the functionality of those programs also differs vastly, and so on. Because of these differences, we make it hard for the lazy people to switch over. This is why things like WINE are so important, they allow us to give those lazy people a 'familiar ground' to latch onto while we introduce them to new, better things.
Basically, I'm saying most people are too lazy to learn another operating system unless they're involved in a technical field. But, it's those same lazy people that we need to target if we want to take down M$. The way M$ gets those people is 1) introducing them to M$ early on, and 2) making everything work in M$, thus blocking out everyone else. That's what we need to fight if we want to see anything effectively take on M$.
It's not that the thing's 'ready to go', the problem still remains that the majority people currently using windows are use to windows and don't want to spend another 5 years learning a new operating system with new software. We really need to target the younger audiences and schools if we want to make progress. It's something that windows did early on, and something that worked very well.
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Although, by propagating rumors and ideas that such agencies are terrible and useless, it can help influence other people not to take them seriously and thus let them operate more efficiently and suffer from less attacks. The unseen or underestimated enemy is the most effective after all.
Yeah, it's something you'd have to cross-reference, but the main use I see for it is the initial search for information. You ask a question, it gives some answers, then you type them into yahoo or something to look them up/verify what it said. This could be a huge help for things that one may not know a lot about.
that stands for Bull Shit Alliance, right?
Disconnect when they try to attack.
America IS the world. Duh.
He seems to forget that some people can afford those things for reasons beyond their control, or they're so over-priced anyways that people wouldn't normally buy them. Bottom line, without pirating they'd be lucky to be making a quarter of that amount.
Actually, there's something similar to this in another level as well. If you take chunky to the level where you get ditty and have him go into the room that tiny opens, you can have him use his enlargement super-power. Then, if you jump directly at the entrance to the shell that Tiny goes into, you can fall through it. Other than wandering the level as the gigantic chunky, there's not too much benefit to it. It's fun though.
And let me correct my posting fail by adding my name to my post...
we need to use flamethrowers.
They're paying the government because they obfuscated the auto-subscription agreement in their contract. Technically they have not violated their contract with the customers, which is why they're not required to return the money. Although, if they have any PR sense, they would repay their subscribers.
Were the people technically defrauded? They did agree to the service via EULA after all...
Welcome to the American legal justice system?
I mean, after all, we work under the assumption that the laws of physics are the same everywhere,
Well, proof is proof, and being able to have that proof is much better than assuming, at least from a scientific standpoint.
Makes you wonder about the people who make thousands of tweets....
Damn, there go my hopes and dreams.
See, the problem here is that you're actually thinking, and that's not what they want you to do. ;^)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post_hoc_ergo_propter_hoc http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cum_hoc_ergo_propter_hoc You might be interested in reading up on these, because you're using them. People vent their frustrations in different ways. Japan seems to be one of the few countries willing and able to actually help people control themselves so they don't do stupid things like kill people.
...You didn't see this coming?
I don't know how to take this news....it looks to me like Russia is saying that it only uses Microsoft products, so they're taking legal action to get more...
But again, this still doesn't answer why I should switch to this new interface over the one I already use, especially when so many things are written to be windows-only. Yes, the Asus interface shouldn't be a hard interface to work with. Neither is ubuntu. The problem is that I still have to take time to figure out how things work, no matter how subtle the difference, when I can just stick with the system I currently have that works just fine and runs more programs than any other system.
Remember we are only talking about email, web, messenger. That is it. That's all most people use.
I'm sorry, but I have to disagree here with two words: Microsoft Office. Although a simple interface is great, this still doesn't answer why I, as the hypothetical M$ user, should switch from the OS I'm use to to this one. Yes, there are alternatives to Office, but that would require me to 1) learn about them, and 2) learn them. We're talking about the people who are already use to windows, not people who are brand-new to computers.
Let me try the approach that has been given to me: Ok, so why should I use it? Windows does exactly what I need it to when I need it to, why should I switch to another operating system? Will it run all the programs that I need it to? I like Microsoft, and don't think they're a monopoly nor that they're evil.
Yes, but you're assuming that people are willing to take the time to learn a new system. Windows is tailored for lazy people, just open it and go. And, because it's the first thing so many people were introduced too, it's what they're use to seeing and know how to work with. It's analogous to changing how a car works. Windows would be the basic set-up: stick-shift, steering wheel, gas and break petals, and so on. With Linux, the car would have things like: buttons for stop and go, virtual steering and navigating, and so on. It's not that these things wouldn't work better and be cooler, it's just that they're so different most people don't want to learn how to use them. Also OS is very different from a browser. Although the browsers may be a bit different, they really only deal with one thing in one way. I don't really need to pay much attention to what browser I'm using to surf the internet. But with an OS, I have to use it for everything. They basic menu layout is different across every browser, I can only use certain programs and on certain os's, the functionality of those programs also differs vastly, and so on. Because of these differences, we make it hard for the lazy people to switch over. This is why things like WINE are so important, they allow us to give those lazy people a 'familiar ground' to latch onto while we introduce them to new, better things. Basically, I'm saying most people are too lazy to learn another operating system unless they're involved in a technical field. But, it's those same lazy people that we need to target if we want to take down M$. The way M$ gets those people is 1) introducing them to M$ early on, and 2) making everything work in M$, thus blocking out everyone else. That's what we need to fight if we want to see anything effectively take on M$.
What does android has that linux doesn't?
Google
It's not that the thing's 'ready to go', the problem still remains that the majority people currently using windows are use to windows and don't want to spend another 5 years learning a new operating system with new software. We really need to target the younger audiences and schools if we want to make progress. It's something that windows did early on, and something that worked very well.